The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Rangeboy
TV Flash files “Rangeboy” as hour 4 of 34 in the TV Flash guide — The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1993–1996) on Nickelodeon, season 1, episode 4, aired 1993-12-19, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 34 in the The Adventures of Pete & Pete guide, hour 4 of 8 in season 1. It aired 1993-12-19 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Nightcrawlers” (S01E03). Next is “Tool and Die” (S01E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Older Pete gets a job as a rangeboy at the driving range that Mr. Wrigley frequents. Meanwhile, Artie becomes friends with Clark the turtle again.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Rangeboy sit in the The Adventures of Pete & Pete guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 34 — hour 4 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did The Adventures of Pete & Pete S01E04 air?
Rangeboy aired 1993-12-19 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is it a sketch show or a series?
It grew from short interstitial segments into a full Nickelodeon series. The Petes, Artie, and endless-summer logic are the long form.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Two brothers named Pete and a suburb that behaves like an indie film. Nickelodeon live-action at its most poetic: endless summer, garage bands, Artie the Strongest Man, kid logic as literature. Cult TV adults still hunt — weird without winking, gentle without going soft, a kids’ show that feels like a lucky secret.
The work, first: two brothers named Pete, a suburb where adult logic fails, endless summer as literature — Nickelodeon live-action at its most poetic. Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi grew interstitials into a full series (1993–1996). Michael Maronna's Big Pete, Danny Tamberelli's Little Pete, Michelle Trachtenberg's Nona, Toby Huss's Artie the Strongest Man in the World. Deadpan, musical, strangely profound for kids' TV. Indie-rock needle drops, celebrity cameos, kid logic as literature. A kids' show that behaves…
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- Michael Maronna as Big Pete
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- Toby Huss as Artie
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- Alison Fanelli as Ellen Hickle
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